Amelia Island Weather - Warnings / Advisories
Warnings & Advisories
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 734 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1140 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1143 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1143 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
Warning Issue Date: 734 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNF...TALBOT ISLAND...MAYPORT...
JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...JACKSONVILLE BEACH...DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE...ARLINGTON...
NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HILLIARD...FERNANDINA BEACH...
CALLAHAN...
EXTREME NORTHERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PONTE VEDRA BEACH...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODBINE...ST. MARYS...KINGSLAND...
KINGS BAY BASE...HIGH POINT...DUNGENESS...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 731 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL RAINBANDS OVER CAMDEN...NASSAU AND
DUVAL COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THESE BANDS HAVE
ALREADY PRODUCED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN THE
PAST SEVERAL HOURS...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY THROUGH 130 AM
EDT FRIDAY MORNING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
LAT...LON 3023 8205 3056 8201 3075 8204 3079 8202
3077 8198 3082 8194 3081 8190 3088 8189
3108 8192 3116 8177 3111 8164 3112 8157
3103 8145 3097 8147 3094 8144 3098 8141
3094 8139 3075 8145 3070 8142 3023 8136
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ENYEDIFLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1140 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ST MARY`S RIVER AT MACCLENNY.
* FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 10:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 16.7 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE
POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
$$
RK
FLD OBSERVED 7AM FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN MON TUE
ST. MARYS
MACCLENNY 12.0 10.4 THU 11 AM 12.1 15.0 16.3 16.7 16.5FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL... FLAGLER...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND UNION. * THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * TROPICAL STORM FAY IS SLOWLY ADVANCING INLAND OVER THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO TRACK WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE GULF COAST. AS FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA... RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS RAIN BANDS INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD FARTHER INLAND. AS A RESULT...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. * THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS...BOTH PRECEDING AND DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH FAY...WILL FAVOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA COULD RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FARTHER INLAND AMOUNTS MAY VARY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. IF FAY SLOWS EVEN FURTHER...THEN HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO INCREASING CONCERN FOR THE WEEKEND AS A RESIDUAL INFLOW BAND COULD SET UP SOMEWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY RAIN SOAKED GROUNDS. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...THE FLOOD WATCH WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED FURTHER. THE ST. MARYS RIVER..BLACK CREEK AND THE SANTE FE RIVER AT FORT WHITE HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL EXACERBATE RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...AND LOCAL INTERESTS NEAR THESE RIVER BASINS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1143 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT
SATURDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NASSAU AND DUVAL COUNTIES WILL
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE
LOCAL AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY NOW. A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONCRIEF...MCCOYS AND HOGANS CREEKS
UNTIL 515 AM EDT
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
NASSAU AND DUVAL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
AREAL FLOOD WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
FLOOD WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. PLEASE
HEED THE ADVISE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK AND INTENSITY FORECASTS...ONSHORE
WINDS COULD RESULT IN TOTAL STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. THE HIGHEST TIDES WILL BE IN THE SOUNDS AND
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AS SUCCESSIVE HIGH TIDES ARE TAPPED. SUBSTANTIAL
BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES.
...WINDS...
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
FLOODED AREAS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT IN DUVAL AND NASSAU
COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...AT
LEAST...UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES
OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 530 AM.
$$TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1143 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT
SATURDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NASSAU AND DUVAL COUNTIES WILL
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE
LOCAL AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY NOW. A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONCRIEF...MCCOYS AND HOGANS CREEKS
UNTIL 515 AM EDT
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
NASSAU AND DUVAL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
AREAL FLOOD WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
FLOOD WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. PLEASE
HEED THE ADVISE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK AND INTENSITY FORECASTS...ONSHORE
WINDS COULD RESULT IN TOTAL STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. THE HIGHEST TIDES WILL BE IN THE SOUNDS AND
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AS SUCCESSIVE HIGH TIDES ARE TAPPED. SUBSTANTIAL
BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES.
...WINDS...
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
FLOODED AREAS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT IN DUVAL AND NASSAU
COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...AT
LEAST...UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES
OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 530 AM.
$$